I recently completed my degree in creative writing and trauma studies after a six year hiatus where I worked in copyediting academic publications and technical writing, and content marketing and web presence curation for several different companies, including music industry, a non-profit organization for "artful activism", and cyber security. Recent faculty review: "Iris’s writing was among, not just the best in the class, but among the best I have had the pleasure to read during two decades of teaching creative writing. When Iris read aloud in class, people gasped. She was known, with good reason, to be one of the strongest poets in the community. I believe that, should she wish to, Iris will find much success in the world of writing. Enough to make it a career, and I hope she does. We need her voice." -T Hardy